Dutch oven – Wyo Food

Dutch Oven Venison Stew: The First Thing I Cook Every Archery Season

Dutch oven of stew simmering over a campfire at a woodland cabin

Hearty Dutch oven venison stew for deer or elk shoulder, neck, and shank. Seared, deglazed, and braised low and slow until fork-tender.

Slow-Cooked Elk Osso Buco: The Wyoming Braise That’ll Change How You Butcher

Braised osso buco with herbs and vegetables in a red Le Creuset pot

Slow-cooked elk osso buco: braise underused elk shanks low and slow with red wine, whiskey, and gremolata for the best wild game dinner you’ll make.

Wyoming’s Basque Food Legacy: Sheepherders, Lamb & the Food That Built the West

Bowl and pot of beef stew with vegetables, bread on cutting board, and small bowl of herbs

The Basque sheepherders who worked Wyoming’s high country brought more than flocks. They brought lamb stews, Dutch-oven bread, and a way of cooking that quietly shaped the whole West.

Dutch Oven Sourdough: Cowboy Camp Bread Made Simple

Artisan loaf of bread baking in a black Dutch oven over campfire rocks

Dutch oven sourdough made simple — a cowboy camp bread recipe for the campfire or your home oven, with coal tips, starter care, and the mistakes to avoid.

How Wyoming Celebrates the 4th: Rodeos, Cookouts & the Cowboy State Tradition

Man in cowboy hat holding Wyoming Pale Ale can at a rodeo with fireworks and cheering crowd

A Wyoming 4th of July is rodeos, backyard cookouts, fry bread, game burgers, and fireworks over wide-open country. A love letter to Independence Day out West.

The History of the Chuckwagon: How a Wagon Built Wyoming’s Food Culture

Three cowboys cooking over a campfire next to a covered wagon with cooking utensils hanging

There’s a stretch of road just west of Casper, where the North Platte cuts through the valley between Coal Mountain and Bessemer Mountain, and most people drive right past it. I did too, for the first year I lived here. Then I learned what used to sit out there: the Goose Egg Ranch, one ofContinue reading “The History of the Chuckwagon: How a Wagon Built Wyoming’s Food Culture”